List of cities and largest towns in Bolivia

According to the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (INE), a city is classified as an area where the city limits are identifiable, and its local government is recognized. Bolivia has 1,384 cities. As of 21 November 2012, the date of the most-recent national census, 53 cities have a population of at least 10,000 in Bolivia, as enumerated by the INE. These 53 cities have a population of 6,162,346, accounting for 61.4% of the country's population. The largest city is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with a population of 1,441,406, a 29.4% increase from the last census date of 5 September 2001. La Guardia had the highest percentage increase, 801.5%, from 2001 to 2012.

From 2001 to 2012, Bolivia had a population increase of 21.1%. Of the 53 cities, 42 had a higher increase than 21.1%, 8 had lower increase and 3 had a small decrease. The three cities that had a negative population growth from 2001 to 2012 are La Paz (−4.1%), Yacuíba (−4.2%), and Santa Ana del Yacuma (−5.4%). With the exception of the Department of La Paz, each department's capital city is the largest city in its respective department. The Department of Santa Cruz has the most cities (18), and Pando and Chuquisaca have the least (1).

List

+Key * = Department capital † = Largest city in department

1 Santa Cruz de la Sierra*† Santa Cruz 2 El Alto† La Paz 3La Paz* La Paz 4 Cochabamba*†Cochabamba 5 Oruro*†Oruro 6 Sucre*† Chuquisaca 7 Tarija*†Tarija 8 Potosí*†Potosí 9SacabaCochabamba 10QuillacolloCochabamba 11Montero Santa Cruz 12 Trinidad*†Beni 13RiberaltaBeni 14WarnesSanta Cruz 15La GuardiaSanta Cruz 16Viacha La Paz 17YacuibaTarija 18ColcapirhuaCochabamba 19TiquipayaCochabamba 20 Cobija*†Pando 21VintoCochabamba 22GuayaramerínBeni 23VillazónPotosí 24YapacaníSanta Cruz 25VillamontesTarija 26BermejoTarija 27CamiriSanta Cruz 28TupizaPotosí 29LlallaguaPotosí 30San Ignacio de VelascoSanta Cruz 31San JuliánSanta Cruz 32HuanuniOruro 33PunataCochabamba 34CotocaSanta Cruz 35Ascensión de GuarayosSanta Cruz 36AchocallaLa Paz 37MinerosSanta Cruz 38UyuniPotosí 39San BorjaBeni 40El TornoSanta Cruz 41Puerto SuárezSanta Cruz 42PortachueloSanta Cruz 43CaranaviLa Paz 44RurrenabaqueBeni 45ChallapataOruro 46Santa Ana del YacumaBeni 47San José de ChiquitosSanta Cruz 48Sipe SipeCochabamba 49PatacamayaLa Paz 50Puerto QuijarroSanta Cruz 51VallegrandeSanta Cruz 52RoboréSanta Cruz 53San Ignacio de MoxosBeni

Notes A In 2001, Yapacaní did not exist. The INE consolidated 19 cities, which had a 2001 population of 16,572, for the 2012 census to form Yapacaní.

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